* Mexican police capture violent trafficker "La Barbie" * Still unclear whether drug lord will be sent to U.S. * Eight die in attack in tourist spot Cancun (Adds comment on possible extradition) By Missy Ryan and Cyntia Barrera MEXICO CITY, Aug 31 Mexico paraded one of its most violent drug lords on Tuesday after a police raid that President Felipe Calderon's government hopes will mark a breakthrough in its campaign against powerful cartels.

By Ross Colvin WASHINGTON, Aug 31 Using the gravity of the Oval Office as a backdrop, President Barack Obama said in a 17-minute televised address to war-weary Americans on Tuesday that it was "time to turn the page" on the unpopular Iraq war. * Obama declared the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq but the reality is that there are still 50,000 U.S. troops in harm's way there. Combat units may have been relabeled "advisory and assistance&quot

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